HaBaWaBa cheers for Lucia, the Golden Girl 2025Waterpolo Development World

Promoting women’s waterpolo is crucial in order to expand the boundaries of our sport and spreading its values. IOC have made a move with this purpose, increasing the participating teams in the female tournament at Los Angeles 2028 Olympics: for the first time in the history of the Games, women’s waterpolo will have the same number of teams as men’s, 12. 

Golden Boy Giulio Cesare Marzoli awarded by Ratko Rudic. Above, Golden Girl Lucia Piras (ph. Giacomello).

Waterpolo Development also decided to do more for gender equality: after managing to more than double the number of participating teams in the HaBaWaBa International Festival PLUS 2025 girls’ U13 tournament – from 5 in 2024 to 11 in the edition kicking off today – WPD have doubled the Golden Baby, the trophy dedicated to the youngest waterpolo player at the HaBaWaBa International Festival. 

So, in the closing ceremony held last night, in addition to the Golden Boy 2025 Giulio Cesare Marzoli also the Golden Girl was awarded: the trophy went to Lucia Piras, waterpolo player of Pinguine Sori Pool Beach, who will be 7 in a few days (she was born on July 13, 2018). 

Highly acclaimed by the large audience attended the Bella Italia & EFA Village square, Lucia received the trophy from the hands of Ratko Rudic showing some confidence with the stage and the crowd. In short, that girl has personality, which can only bode well for a bright sports career…

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